Hitch Fit Living Magazine Volume 2 - September/October 2015 | Page 41

What I GAINED:
1. The ability to leg press 550 lbs. (YES, really!)
2. The physical & mental ability to run a 5k after knee injury.
3. Upper body strength that I would never have believed I would have.
4. Pretty legs & arms and a waist size smaller than my very slender husband.
5. A love of real & nutritious food
6. A love of being active.
7. Truly restful, regenerating sleep and energy…oh, the energy!
8. A closet full of cute clothes in a much smaller size.
9. The confidence to buy & wear first bikini in 30 years! (YIKES! ).
10. New friends and people to inspire/support me & a humbling amount of support from old
friends.Most importantly
11. Confidence & zest for life.
12. More compassion, positivity, passion & deeper spirituality.
13.The understanding that I can and should help, inspire & support others.
14. MYSELF. Not the old me I thought I was looking for, but a new, transformed, better
version of me.